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See also:MONTBRUN, See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
LOUIS See also:PIERRE, See also:COUNT (1770-1812) , See also:French See also:cavalry See also:general, served with See also:great distinction in the cavalry See also:arm throughout the See also:wars of the Revolution and the Consulate, and in 1800 was appointed to command his See also:regiment, having served therein from trooper upwards. At See also:Austerlitz (Dec. 2, 18o5) he was promoted general of See also:brigade. He earned further distinction in See also:Germany and See also:Poland as a dashing See also:leader of See also:horse, and in 18o8 he was sent into See also:Spain. Here occurred an incident which unfavourably influenced his whole career. He found himself obliged to overstay his leave of See also:absence in See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order to protect the See also:lady who afterwards became his wife. See also:Napoleon was furious, and deprived him of his command, and Montbrun was awaiting his See also:master's' decision when an opportunity came to retrieve his reputation. Some doubt exists as to the events of the famous cavalry See also:charge at the Somosierra, but Montbrun's See also:share in it was most conspicuous. Soon after-wards he was promoted to be general of See also:division, and in 18og his cavalry took no inconsiderable See also:part in the victories of See also:Eckmuhl and Raab. He was employed in the See also:Peninsula, r810-1811. He was killed, when commanding a cavalry See also:corps, at the beginning of the See also:battle of See also:Borodino (See also:Sept. 7, 1812). Montbrun was considered, as a leader of heavy cavalry, second only to See also:Kellermann of all the generals of the First See also:Empire.
End of Article: MONTBRUN, LOUIS PIERRE, COUNT (1770-1812)
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